Salver or tray.



No. 811,299. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

R. R. KINTZ SALVBR 0R TRAY. APPLIOATION FILED MAY15. 1905.

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R. R. KINTZ.

SALVBR 0R TRAY. APPLIOATION FILED 11u15. 19115.

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PATENTED JAN. so, 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT R. KINTZ, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO INTER- NATIONAL SILVER CO., OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORA- TION OF NEW JERSEY.

SALVER OR TRAY.

Patented Jan. 3o, isos.

Application led May 15,1905. Serial No. 260,546.

To @ZZ when@ it 'may concern:

Y Be it known that I, ROBERT R. KINTZ, av citizen of the United States, residing at Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Salvers or Trays; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken A in connection with the accompanying drawcenter.

ings and the numerals of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this speciiication, and represent, in-

Figure l, a top or plan view of a salver constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a sectional view thereof on the line ct b of Fig. 1 Fig. 3, an under side view of the salver, Fig. 4, an under side view of the same with the bottom plate removed; Fig. 5,n a plan. view of the block detached.

This invention relates to an improvement in salvers or trays, and particularly to such as consist of a metal border and a wooden In the usual construction of combined wood and metal salvers the central portion is formed from wood and the edge of the border extends down onto its upper face.

The object of this invention is to form a portion of the bottom of the salver from metal and provide it with a wooden central portion which does not necessarily follow the outline of the salver, whereby a great variety of designs may be employed; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim. yThe salver may be of any approved form Vvand design, the one herein shown having a bottom 2 and ilange 3. A portion of the bottom is removed, the cut-away portion leaving an outline of any desired shape. Preferably and as herein shown the under side of the bottom will be provided with a depending ring or collar t. In place of the metal cut out from the bottom of the salver I employ a block 5, which is preferablymade up from several thicknesses of wood, so as to prevent war 1 ing, the upper thickness of wood preferab y corresponding in thickness to the thickness of the bottom 2. The upper thickness or a portion of the upper face 6 of the block corre-` sponds in outline to the outline of the cutaway portion of the bottom, so that the upperA face of the block fits within the bottom and lies flush with the upper face thereof, while the main portion of the block forms a shoulder 7, which bears against the under face of the bottom 2. This block may be sen cured in any desired manner. As herein shown, it is inclosed by a cup-shaped back 8, the edges of which set within the ring 4, the depth of the back corresponding to the depth of the ring and to the thickness of the block, and this back may be held in place by screws 9, entering recesses or lugs l0, secured to the under face of the bottom 2 of the salver. In forming-the block the upper layer or face 6 may be formed from a veneer of any desired wood and so that with the same metal portions a variety of styles may be produced by simply changing the wooden blocks. While the face of the blocks or upper layer of veneer will preferably be of hard wood, the main portion of the block may be of soft wood, although, if desired, a solid block may be employed. If the block is formed with scallops, as shown, the lugs 10 for the reception of the screws will be placed between the scallops, so as to be as near the center of the salver as possible, and thereby more securely hold the wooden block in place. As before stated, this construction permits the border of a salver and bottom thereof to be formed in the usual way by molding or stamping, and then the central portion may be cut out in anyA desired design, either in the form of letters or geometrical figures, it being understood that the face of the block'will correspond to the bottom of the cut-out portion of the salver and the upper face of the block and the upper face of the bottom will be flush with each other.

Having'fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and`desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y A salver comprising a bottom, a border and a depending collar, a portion of the bottom cut away, a block larger in dimensions than the cut-away portion and extending beneath the under face of the bottom,' said block formed with an upper face corresponding in thickness to the thickness of the bot- IOO tom and in outline to the out-away portion specification in the presence of two subscribthloulgh .Wlnch it xtends, and a up-shped ing Witnesses. meta bac ocate Within said colar an in- L closing said block, and means for securing ROBERT R' KINTZ' 5 the back to the bottom whereby said block is itnesses:

held in position, substantially as deserbed-- CONSTANT K. DECHERD,

In testimony whereof I have signed this GEO. C. BREWER. 

